By now, most readers are undoubtedly aware of Hillary Clinton's fib about her coming under fire (video here) on the tarmac in Bosnia back in the 1990s. While Clinton has been rightfully pilloried for her remarks, another candidate, John McCain, was making equally-ridiculous remarks, yet was being given a pass by the media.

McCain, an extreme hawk who has asserted that American troops might be in Iraq for 100 years, recently stated that Al Qaeda in Iraq (a Sunni organization) is receiving support from Iran (a Shiite organization). This was, unfortunately, not an isolated incident and it either shows a great deal of ignorance on the Senator's part or is an outright lie because the two sects hate each other almost as much as they hate us.

Unfortunately, the media, either not grasping the importance of McCain's gaffe, has worked to downplay the error/lie and even argued that McCain is viewed as such an "expert" on foreign policy that he should simply be given a pass. Unfortunately, McCain is only perceived as an expert by the media because he is a hawk.

Is it any wonder that the media give Democrats the advantage on economic policy issues and Republicans the advantage on foreign policy? The media by and large love big government!